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impasto

English translation: impasto

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Italian term or phrase:impasto
English translation:impasto
Entered by: Tom in London

11:22 Jan 19, 2014
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Archaeology
Italian term or phrase: impasto
This refers to archaeological findings, in particular to the examination of amphorae.

"Analisi sugli impasti"

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impasto
Explanation:
this term is usually left in Italian.

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Note added at 7 mins (2014-01-19 11:29:18 GMT)
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(it would be "mix" or "paste" in English)

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I recently translated a conference paper for an archaeologist, who advised me not to try and translate "impasto" into some awkward and inappropriate English term such as "mix" or "paste".

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Note added at 13 mins (2014-01-19 11:35:26 GMT)
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And certainly not "dough" !!!

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:)
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Tom in London
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Local time: 02:57
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4 +4impasto
Tom in London


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
impasto


Explanation:
this term is usually left in Italian.

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Note added at 7 mins (2014-01-19 11:29:18 GMT)
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(it would be "mix" or "paste" in English)

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Note added at 12 mins (2014-01-19 11:35:05 GMT)
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I recently translated a conference paper for an archaeologist, who advised me not to try and translate "impasto" into some awkward and inappropriate English term such as "mix" or "paste".

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Note added at 13 mins (2014-01-19 11:35:26 GMT)
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And certainly not "dough" !!!

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Note added at 38 mins (2014-01-19 12:00:25 GMT)
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:)

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 63
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Notes to answerer
Asker: I found some references to the "impasto" painting technique, but none to "impasto" meaning the amphora's "dough"...have you? Thanks a lot!

Asker: well, I certainly was not going to use "dough"...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Howard Sugar: http://www.hixenbaugh.net/gallery/detail.cfm?itemnum=2852
28 mins
  -> thanks Howard
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: perhaps as in Howard's example "impasto ware"//Fáilte!
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Gallagy - or indeed Go raibh maith agat :)
agree  philgoddard: Your answer is right, but your explanation is wrong. Impasto is the decoration, consisting either of raised slip or paint.
5 hrs
agree  Jim Tucker (X): Not decoration, pace Phil. Impasto is a specific kind of uncleaned clay that is generally shaped by hand into amphorae. It is also restricted as to region. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pa... use the IT pl.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Jim
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